EDITORIAL
Warren and Rhinard
ate the logical choice
Experience and a commitment to real and attainable
goals are two of the reasons why voters should choose
Leslie Warren and Mark Rhinard for ASUO Executive
during the primary elections today and Wednesday,
Warren, who is currently serving as ASUO vice pres
ident, has the most practical experience among all the
presidential candidates and brings the real strength to
the Warren/Rhinard ticket. Since Warren was appointed
ASUO vice president in January, she has acquired prn
cisely the kind of knowledge that next year's ASUO
president must possess. She has served as director and
co-director of the Black Student Union and also has been
a part of the Campus and Community Relations Task
Force and the Building Community program. She was a
rot ruiter for the University Now Student Telephone Pro
ject and has been a student associate for the Dean of Stu
dents.
Rhinard also has worked in the Doan of Students'
office. Additionally, he is director of University Day
1994, serves ns vice president of the University Book
store Board of Directors and is a member of the Fresh
man Seminars Advisory Board.
Beyond the strength of their resumes, however, lies
their firm intention not to let personal agendas get in the
way of their responsibilities. The vice president whom
Warren replaced. Diana Collins Puente, resigned largely
because she could not convince the campus to conform
to her agenda. Other student officials have resigned this
year for similar reasons. This quitters’ pattern must not
continue into next year. Warren and Rhinard appear
dedicated to sticking it out.
These candidates possess the skills and the knowl
edge net assary to represent the students and to lobby on
their behalf to the state government — vitally impor
tant in this age of budget cuts and Measure 5. While the
other tickets possess many of those same skills, Warren
and Rhinard stand out.
And their platform of goals, which include making a
home for Project Safe Run on campus and bringing vote
by-tolophono to student elections, are useful and innov
ative ideas that are well within the power of the ASUO
Executive to help implement.
Their ideas are not as flashy as those of their oppo
nents, but they aren't as hopelessly unattainable either.
It is unclear whether the various opposing candidates
are knowingly making empty promises, or are simply
ignorant of the limitations to the ASUO Executive's
authority. In any case, voters should not be swayed by
such laughably unreachable goals as bringing a brew
ery to the EMU. In addition to insulting the voters’ intel
ligence. such promises are nothing more than political
pandering. They should not be rewarded.
For once, students in this election can pick from a
broad range of candidates. This time, there is a real
choice. Through the course of this campaign. Warren
and Rhinard have shown thoy should bo that choice.
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COMMENTARY
If we’re elected, we’ll deal with it
By Owen Brennan Rounds
and Jake Berg
Universities are becoming
day i <ire centers Agen
(in-pie king PC gums am
more tom ernod with what you
think instead of how you think
l ee-paving students passively
give their money away when the
clenched- fisted bureaucrats
demand it
It is time for a change It is not
time for rhetoric of change, it is
time for a genuine change in the
attitude and purpose of student
government. Students pay $110
per term and they receive a dai
ly paper, $2 football tickets and
at ( ess to tlie EMU if tile i urrent
student government can't do
anything for the student body, at
least it could gel out of our way
The status quo needs to be
thrown out on its ear. and a new
regime needs to I hi installed.
New blood is an old theme,
but our ticket has some new
ideas that will bring back the
college exponent e
• Our ticket is running for the
explicit purpose of getting peo
ple out to vote. We will consid
er our candidacy a success if 20
percent of the student body
votes this week If that happens
and/or we get ele< ted, knit-raid
Kditor Jake Berg will he given a
mohawk haircut in the KMU
Courtyard We can say all sorts
of crap about the glory of voting,
but nobody really cares .Ml we
have to say is that a legitimate
student government needs |>tto
pie to vote the more the merri
er.
• The University brings S5H9
million annually to the < ity of
lingerie It is time for this back
water little town to begin treat
ing students with the respei t yve
deserve We w ill set up a liaison
student body to the city (a liai
son that will not resign in the
middle of the year). The City
Council has a nasty habit of rais
ing the fines associated with stu
dent-specific violations (noise
complaints, open container and
the rest) when they need some
extra cash. If they are going to
do this, they are going to hear
from us first Students need
community representation and
the respect we deserve
• In the lute 1970s, there wore
an additional 20 greek houses
on this campus Since then, the
system has taken punishment
from every corner — the admin
istration, the community arid
even the student government
We will begin reparations to the
system by ending the keg ban.
kegs are a smarter, safer mid less
expensive way for houses to par
ty The ban is a joke, and it's
time for it to end.
• Every ticket has its pipe
dream platforms "We want to
end racism, tough classes and
mean people,” they spew. We
have our own vision. There are
no voices in modern politics
advocating a lower legal-drink
ing age We will be that voice
Lower the drinking age
• After everything else, this
ticket supports the legalization
of Oregon's No 1 cash crop:
marijuana Many ASUO admin
istrations have done their U*st to
support this industry, and now
it is time for student government
to advoc ate it.
It has been rumored that our
ticket is a joke, but the sad fact is
that the other tickets are the
joke They are trying to pass
themselves off as being student
advocated, when all they want
to do is pad their resumes and
take their turn running the mon
ey-go-round. Instead of the sta
tus quo rhetoric Unrig offered by
the other c andidates, we will be
your advocates Quite frankly,
student government jobs would
look pretty stupid on our
resumes, and we could get our
hands on a lot more money if we
just left this university.
We advocate a college experi
Every ticket has its
pipe-dream
platforms. ‘We
want to end
racism, tough
classes and mean
people,’ they spew.
We have our own
vision. There are
no voices in
modem politics
advocating a lower
legal-drink ing age.
We will be that
voice. Lower the
drinking age.
ence. This is the college experi
ence our predecessors hud. and
it is the experience the current
establishment wants to deny us
With the departure of Universi
ty President Myles Brund. stu
dents are going to have the
opportunity to play a major role
in establishing a new attitude
and purpose for this campus
and its students
Get out and vote, today and
Wednesday You don't have to
vote for us - just get out and
vote
If elected, we will have .1 good
time, and if ele< ted, we'll deal
with it.
Owen Brennan Hounds, pub
lisher of the Oregon Commenta
tor. and lake Berg, editor of the
Kmerald, are candidates for
ASUO president and vice presi
dent, respectively
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